Answer:- The poem by William Wordsworth; “The Solitary Reaper” is such that gives expression to the overwhelming influence that nature exercises on a romantic poet, especially William Wordsworth. The poem is about the attraction and effects the song from a farming lady had on the poet. According to the question, “the relationship between man and Read More
Few of Shakespeare’s works offer such a sharp contrast between two generations. The older characters in the play are haunted by death–the Countess has lost a husband and is aging herself; Helena’s father has passed away; Lafew is infirm; Diana’s mother is, appropriately enough, a Widow; and the King is near death as the play Read More
Answer: Michael was published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads. The poem is one of William Wordsworth’s best known poems and the subject of much critical literature. It tells the story of an aging shepherd, Michael, and his only child Luke. As a pastoral poem “Michael” is the first attempt of William Wordsworth. It Read More
Answer: Wordsworth is a prominent one in English literature. In Preface to Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth expresses his opinion about the function of a poet and the subject matter of poetry. He rejects the classical concept in his attitude towards poet and poetry. He holds a romantic view in both the cases. The Neo- classical poets Read More
What was the poet’s emotion after seeing the Daffodils? Answer: First, the author experiences much of nature starting with the sky by imagining himself a cloud. This point of view gives him the opportunity to see how vast the beautiful and happy flowers are. It seems to him that at a glance his eye can Read More
Trace the gradual development of Wordsworth’s attitude to nature as recorded in ‘Tintern Abbey’. Or Discuss the three stages of Wordsworth’s growth as a poet of nature as recorded in Tintern Abbey’. Answer: ‘Tintern Abbey’ of William Wordsworth is the first clear expression emotional change in poetry. It recognizes the power of Nature to quicken Read More
Compare ‘Tintern Abbey’ with the ‘Immortality Ode’. Or The `Tintern Abbey’ and the ‘Immortality Ode’ are both poems of loss. Do you agree? Discuss. Answer: ‘Tintern Abbey’ (1798) and the ‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality’ (1802-06) are the two great poems which express the gradual loss of a ‘visionary gleam’ and also state the poet’s self Read More
Answer: Wordsworth shows a close relation between Man and Nature. As a pantheist he believes that the same divine Sprit governs and flows through human beings and Nature. The realization that the Spirit of God pervades the objects of Nature as well as human beings has enabled Wordsworth to bring Man and Nature closer to Read More
Analyze the bond between Child and Nature by comparing `Tintern Abbey’ with the ‘Immortality Ode’. Or Analyze the bond between Child and Nature according to Wordsworth. Answer: Wordsworth, like William Blake, was a poet of child-life. Both the poets marked not only the innocent and external appearance of a child but also his mystical and Read More
Answer: William Wordsworth was the representative tine poet of the Romantic Revival which was a literary movement in art and literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the pioneer in bringing about transition from Neo-classicism to Romanticism in English poetry. To him strong feeling, imagination and love of nature were more Read More